Comic-Con 2011

Caption'Supernatural'

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Jared Palalecki, center, jokes with the audience and makes a face when a question is asked of Jensen Ackles, left, during the "Supernatural" panel during Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center. Also present is Misha Collins, right.

Jared Palalecki, center, jokes with the audience and makes a face when a question is asked of Jensen Ackles, left, during the "Supernatural" panel during Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center. Also present is Misha Collins, right. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Francis Ford Coppola addressed the crowd and talked about the movie "Twixt" on Saturday at Comic-Con in San Diego. Coppola holds up a mask of poet Edgar Allan Poe that also doubles as 3-D glasses for the movie.

Francis Ford Coppola addressed the crowd and talked about the movie "Twixt" on Saturday at Comic-Con in San Diego. Coppola holds up a mask of poet Edgar Allan Poe that also doubles as 3-D glasses for the movie. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Val Kilmer and Francis Ford Coppola addressed the crowd and talked about the movie "Twixt" on Saturday at Comic-Con in San Diego. Audience members each wear a mask of poet Edgar Allan Poe that doubles as a pair of 3-D glasses for the movie.

Val Kilmer and Francis Ford Coppola addressed the crowd and talked about the movie "Twixt" on Saturday at Comic-Con in San Diego. Audience members each wear a mask of poet Edgar Allan Poe that doubles as a pair of 3-D glasses for the movie. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Darwin Bullock, an ex-Los Angeles police officer, left, checks in a 9mm handgun and three dummy hand grenades from Paul Haidinger of Arizona. Haidinger got to keep the fake rifle. Haidinger's character is "Aries, the God of War." Also pictured is Debra Gray also from Arizona.

Darwin Bullock, an ex-Los Angeles police officer, left, checks in a 9mm handgun and three dummy hand grenades from Paul Haidinger of Arizona. Haidinger got to keep the fake rifle. Haidinger's character is "Aries, the God of War." Also pictured is Debra Gray also from Arizona. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)